Gravestone of Bernard A. Brooks at qém’es (Camas) Meadows Battlefield

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Cultural Narrative: 

A detail of the gravestone of Bernard A. Brooks, a bugler who died at the Battle of qém’es (Camas) Creek. In an interview with L. V. McWhorter, piyopyóot’alikt (Peo-Peo Tholekt) mentioned that he (piyopyóot’alikt (Peo-Peo Tholekt)) shot Brooks. Gravestone reads "Trumpeter 1 US Cavalry"

Community: 
Nimíipuu [Nez Perce]
Protocol: 
Nimíipuu [Nez Perce] Public Access
Category: 
Wars/Military/Conflict
Collections: 
Lucullus V. McWhorter
Original Date Description: 
This photograph was likely taken between 1900 and 1940.
Rights: 
In copyright. Item is in copyright for 120 years from its date of creation. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/.
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Source: 
Is found in PC 85, Lucullus Virgil McWhorter Photographs https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc85.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Identifier: 
pc085b02f9_1.jpg
Subject: 
Campaigns, Military, Battlefields across America, Historic sites, Camas Prairie (Idaho), Sepulchral monuments--West (U.S.), Nez Perce
Type: 
Image
Format: 
JPG